Marsha, I think the point at discussion is "faith" - the nature and basis of (actual) belief. (Not "god" - whatever that is.) Ian
On 1/29/08, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:34 PM 1/29/2008, you wrote: > >Hi Marsha, > > > >That definition says an atheist is one who believes that there is no > >God which kind of begs the question. It suggests that there is a God > >which can be believed in or not. Other dictionaries on > >dictionary.com say an atheist is one who does not believe in God or > >gods or is one who disbeleives in God or gods. > > > >It seems better to say that you don't believe in God than to say > >that you believe that there is no God. Now you are making a claim > >that must be backed up rationally rather than putting the > >responsibility to back up the claim on ones who claim that here is a God. > > > >It's a subtle difference but maybe an important one. I don't feel > >like I'm making a claim that there is no God because I wouldn't even > >know what I meant when I said it. As Akshay has been saying, denying > >the existence of God is to have a definition of God in mind and my > >definition may be much different than someone else's. > > Greetings Stephen, > > There is no shortage of people who will and do define god. > > What has been the topic of your last few days of posting? Have you > been talking about nothing? Aren't they all static patterns of > value anyway? > > > Marsha > > > > > > > > ************* > DEFINITION of Marsha, I, me, self, myself, & etc.: Ever-changing > collection of overlapping, interrelated, inorganic, biological, > social and intellectual, static patterns of value. > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
